So just a quick question, played the other day at a store and my opponent threw out a new rule (well I don't know about NEW but new to me at least) regarding droids. I was informed that in order to use a droid I have to burn an action up. In other words I don't get to focus or TL or anything else if I'm going to be using my droid that round. This threw me for a loop since I didn't recall that anywhere in the rules but then again I might have missed it. Is this correct because I didn't find anything in the booklet about it. However he was using the cardboard droid tokens to distinguish which ship was "droiding" that round so it makes sense that you would need to use an action. On the other hand some of the droids don't kick in until after certain phases so and they don't have an action header on them so how does this work? Any clarification would be helpful. Thanks

It saus on the cards if the droid still is an action or not.

The only droids that count as actions are the ones with "action:text" on the card. droids like R2-D2 give the benefit in addition to your actions.

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Rulebook page 9:

Some card abilities include the “ Action: ” header. A ship may resolve this ability during its “Perform Action” step. This counts as that ship’s action for the round.

Card abilities without the “ Action: ” header may be resolved when specified on the card and do not count as the ship’s action.

This applies to all cards. It is not limited to astromechs.

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Cardboard droid token? I know of acrylic ones. But cardboard?

Rulebook page 9:

Some card abilities include the “ Action: ” header. A ship may resolve this ability during its “Perform Action” step. This counts as that ship’s action for the round.

Card abilities without the “ Action: ” header may be resolved when specified on the card and do not count as the ship’s action.

This applies to all cards. It is not limited to astromechs.

Edit:

Cardboard droid token? I know of acrylic ones. But cardboard?

Ya he pulled out the ones from the core set which I had no idea that's what they were either. They are like 1/4 inch by 1/4 inch and green in the middle with a grey border. I dunno how else to explain them haha. I was like what the heck is that and I was politely informed that was him droiding his ship for that round haha. I don't know if they are meant for that or not I guess I should look at the core set list again. I was under the same impression that unless it says action in the header it's free. If that's the case what's the point of the token? As long as you have the card next to the ship card that's all that's needed correct?

Those are mission tokens.

Using separate tokens for astromech actions and EPT actions is a good idea. No such tokens are part of the game, though. Using that particular mission token is certainly an option. I'll keep that in mind.

Those are mission tokens.

Using separate tokens for astromech actions and EPT actions is a good idea. No such tokens are part of the game, though. Using that particular mission token is certainly an option. I'll keep that in mind.

Oh ok ya because they didn't look like droids to me haha.

R2-F2, R5-D8, and the soon to be released R7-TI are the only astromech droids whose ability is an action. They improve your agility, give a chance for regenerating hull damage, and target-lock/boost, respectively.

If you're inclined, Applied Perspectives and Litko both produce acrylic tokens to designate when a pilot uses his EPT or activates a droid.

IMO the ones from Litko are better looking.

It's important to note, and I'm not sure it has been made clear yet, that not all droid effects take an action. For example, the R2 Astromech does not take an action.

Sounds like it is your opponent who has misunderstood the rules.